Use Roots to Define Unknown Words

Start with one root set, such as Greek Roots Graph, Phon, Photo and Tele, and keep the root box visible while students work. Use Greek and Latin Roots Review after the single root sheets to check what stuck.

Use roots like bene, circum and omni to define 10 bold words, from benefactor to pedometer. When you meet a new word, look for a root you know and then check your guess against the rest of the sentence. The directions on the page read: Read each sentence. Use the roots in the box and the clues in the sentence to figure out the word in bold. Write its meaning on the line. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade Greek and Latin roots, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Find the part of the word you know, recall its meaning, then check the guess against the sentence. In Use Roots to Define Unknown Words, a pedometer that showed 9,000 steps fits ped, foot, and meter, measure.

Yes. Greek Roots Graph, Phon, Photo and Tele ends with 3 sentences to write, Build Words From Roots asks for 10 words and their meanings, and Latin Roots Aud, Vid, Voc and Mit asks for three words on each root web.

Greek and Latin Roots in Science Words splits 12 words like photosynthesis, hydrology and barometer into two roots each. The root box gives every meaning, so students can define the words from the page.